Broadchurch vs Gracepoint - One Viewer's Opinion

[aearwen2]

I'm certain that not everyone who reads here is interested in Broadchurch and/or Gracepoint. So, for the benefit of those folks, I'll put the rest of this under the cut.

Comments

[jkahane]

I agree with pretty much everything you said about this. And like you, I wasn't invested in Gracepoint.

That said, like you, I'm *dying* to see Broadchurch 2...

[aearwen2]

Actually I did invest a bit in Gracepoint, altho' certainly not to the extent that I did in Broadchurch. I wonder, however, if my investment was more a case of wanting to do the compare/contrast properly by seeing it all the way through.

I do know, however, that I probably would NOT have managed to get my hubby hooked on Gracepoint the way he now is on Broadchurch. He's fully fallen in love with British TV drama, having made his way through Foyle's War and State of Affairs, George Gently (which I'm currently watching too now) and currently working on Midsomer Murders (which is still on my list.)

Needless to say, I'll be buying Broadchurch 2 the moment it becomes available in the UK, which will probably be before it finishes broadcasting on BBCA. I don't think Bill will complain too much about it...

[jkahane]

To be honest, while I watched Gracepoint live for the first three or four episodes, after that I recorded it on PVR and watched it some time later. Just didn't hold me the way that the original had.

I suspect that your investment in the show was more the compare/contrast business that you mention above. In many ways that was more my interest than actually seeing what the Americans did with the series.

[sykira]

"However, comma" YES my thoughts exactly!

writing some thoughts down now, so I won't repeat myself here